Little Compton Town Council Mandates Summer Residents Purchase Transfer Station Coupons

All summer residents looking to use Little Compton’s transfer station will now have to purchase coupons based on an amendment made to the town’s fee regulation of the facility.

The Town Council unanimously approved an amendment to the Town Code Thursday night at regarding the fee schedule for the transfer station. Now, residents who live in the town three months or less must purchase coupons and cannot purchase a year-round transfer station sticker.

Coupons are $2 each from Town Hall and it costs one coupon per trip to the transfer station, located on Colebrook Road.

Town Clerk Carol Wordell said confusion arose when summer residents living in the Round Meadows summer cottages near South Shore Beach, some who live in recreation vehicles, wanted a year-round sticker because they lived in town longer than three months. Wordell said the way the ordinance was written, people were able to share year-round stickers when going to use the transfer station.

She added that coupons can be bought in bulk and some real estate agents already buy "quite a few" to leave with summer residents upon their return.

Fore more information on the transfer station, read the Town Code here.